Indestructible gold-leaf character and method for preparing the same



UNITED STA'M NT OFFICE.

ANDREW DEVORE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

INDESTRUCTIBLE GOLD-LEA,E Q H ARACTER AND METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME.

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To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ANDREW DEVORE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at New York, in the county of'New York and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Indestructible Gold-Leaf Characters and Method for Preparing the Same, of which the following is a specification.-

Theobject of the invention, as its name implies isto provide a letter or character made from gold leaf but of a character which will permit its being stamped from Specification of Letters Iatent.

' out with dies and can be applied on windows y p rlenced persons in a fraction of the t me that it requires by the old method of hand painting.

The provision of a sheet from which the desired letters can be stamped also makes for economy in the use of gold leaf, as the trlmmmg from large letters can be utilized to make smaller sized letters and what is left after cutting the smaller sized letters ma be easlly saved and melted together. While the sheet materially comprises a layer of celllllOld, a layer of sizingconsisting of gelaa sheet of the prepared material, whereby -tine and water, a layer ofgold leaf and a 15 the desired letters may be cut andrpasted on a window or otherplace where it is de-' sired they be"used.-

In preparing the material, a verymthin sheet of transparent celluloidifistreated on one side with a sizing substance, preferably distilled water and pure gelatine, in the portions by buk of eighty-five to -ninety per cent water and ten to fifteen per cent gelatine. The gold leaf is "applied to the sizing while-the latter is still wet. This is then allowed to dry after which the sheet is given a quick bath in hot water to which there is top of the added a few drops of chloroform. 7 After the sheet dries from the resultspf the above, a coat of varnish is .applied on gold leaf to protect the same in handling. This method results in the production of practically an indestructible character after the same is cemented to a glass or other surface and the letter or character will have practically an unlimited life. Signs produced by such characters can be made upcheaper and quicker as the letters can be cut what is clalmed as new and useful 1s Patented May 30, 1922. Application filed November 29, 1920. Serial No. 427,014.

1. The process for the production of an indestructible character which consists in treating a sheet of celluloid with a sizing, then applying gold leaf to the sizing while wet, then giving the sheet a quick bath in hot water,and finally applying a protective coating on top of the gold leaf.

2. The process for the production of an in- .destructlblecharacter which consists in applying to a'sheet of celluloid a sizing consisting of gelatine'and water in the proportions to provide'fan' adhesive, then applying gold leaf to the sizing while Wet, then giving the sheet a quick bathin hot water containing a small percentage of chloroform, and finally,

when the sheet is dry, applying a protective ooating gf varnish on the gold-leafh In testimony ture.

ANDREW DEvoRE'.

whereof .he aflizies his signa-' 

